Monday, June 16, 2008

Behind the Praise - Sunday June 22, 2008


"The Lord Reigns"
Here is Klaus' testimony in his own words:

There are moments in each person’s life that shape us and cause us to change our course. One such moment in my life happened in the spring of 2003 at an “Encounter” event in Mexico. I attended the conference to help with worship and ended up with an encounter that would change my life. The word I received that weekend from Lindell was that I had not been forgotten, the Lord had need of me in this hour, and that a fountain for the nations was about to open up. Soon after, I received an invitation to be the Worship Leader at Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas. From the fall of 2003 through the spring of 2005 I had the privilege of entering into the presence each morning with about 1000 students who were hungry to see God move in their life. That season also opened up the opportunity to produce two CFNI Worship projects,"Glorious" and "Overtaken". I was born in Germany, but by the time I was ten, my family ended up in Canada after several years in Chicago and Michigan. At the age of five I began taking piano lessons and continued training in classical and jazz until I was about 18. I remember hearing Keith Green for the first time and being captivated by the sound of his heart. A lot of other influences weighed in to shape my musical mindset. In 1984 I left Canada and moved to Dallas, Texas to attend Christ For The Nations, Institute. Soon after graduating, I married Julie, who is an amazing woman and my best friend. We have three children, Candace, 11, Aaron Judah, 2, and Olivia Grace, born June 20th of last year.After a number of years in music ministry in Plano, Texas, we felt a season of change coming into our lives. In 1995 I left the church where I was leading Worship and began getting involved with real estate and remodeling homes. Through the years I have continued traveling and Leading Worship while building custom homes in McKinney, Texas. In the spring of 2005 I left Christ For The Nations and started Pure Worship Ministries. We are producing Worship that I believe, touches the heart of God and ministers to His people. The best is yet to come.

Click here to learn more about Klaus Kuehn:
http://www.klausmusic.com/

Click here to listen online:
www.imeem.com/atst/music/c1gewWR1/klaus_kuehn_the_lord_reigns/

Click here to worship along with Klaus:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaWrJtY4fYY&feature=related

"That's Why We Praise Him"

Check out Tommy Walker here
www.tommywalker.net/
Click here to listen to the song:
http://wordmusicnow.com/Song.asp?SongID=100

"Holy is the Lord" worship choir with soloist Chrisy Denton

"Sing to the King"

This song was written by Billy James Foote. The song is based upon the hymn by Charles S. Horne. Here are the original words penned in 1910. Notice the similarity between the Horne's words and Billy's adaptation of the song.
Sing we the King Who is coming to reign,
Glory to Jesus, the Lamb that was slain.
Life and salvation His empire shall bring,
Joy to the nations when Jesus is King.Refrain
Come let us sing, praise to our King,
Jesus our King, Jesus our King,
This is our song, who to Jesus belong:
Glory to Jesus, to Jesus our King.

Billy is a member of the Alamo City Christian Fellowship in San Antonio. Billy started leading worship in 1990, right out of college. Back then Christiandom didn't demand bands. They were satisfied with simplicity. Billy played his guitar and led worship by himself until several years later. He added a drummer (Joe McArthur) first and then a bass player (Shawn Skeen) and then Cindy joined in with vocals in 2001. Sometime around the year 2000 Billy began having vocal trouble which turned out to be a neurological condition called hyper-disphonia. There's really no cure for this condition. So Cindy began singing more of the lead vocals over time. Though Cindy sings most of the songs, Billy is still the person giving direction to the worship time and, of course, he writes most of the songs the band plays. Billy began song writing in the late 1990's. He's written several well known songs including:"Break Our Hearts", "Goodness and Mercy", "You Are My King (Amazing Love)", "Sing to the King", "I Have a River", "Die the Death", "You Are God Alone (not a god)", "You Are Welcome Here" and "Welcome to the Cross".
Learn more about Billy's ministry on his myspace website & ministry website:
www.myspace.com/billyfooteband

Learn more about Billy's ministry here:
www.billyfoote.com/

Click here to worship along with the Passion band:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrsrPfGmpPg

“Holiness”
This song was written by Scott Underwood while on a men’s retreat. He was fishing with his good friend John who just happened to have taken a guitar out on the boat. Scott picked up the guitar and just began to play and sing the simple words to the song. He thought for sure someone had probably used the phrase “transform it and conform it”. After playing it through a couple of times he looked up and found his burley friend John a plumber crying as the presence of the Lord had touched his heart.

Holiness, holiness is what I long for Holiness is what I need Holiness,
holiness is what You want from me
Faithfulness, faithfulness is what I long for Faithfulness is what I need
Faithfulness, faithfulness is what You want from me
Take my heart and form it Take my mind and transform it
Take my will and conform it To Yours, to Yours, Oh Lord
Righteousness, righteousness is what I long for
Righteousness is what I need Righteousness, righteousness is what You want from me

Click here to listen to Scott share how he wrote the song:
www.theheartofworship.org/stories.shtml

Click here to worship along with Micah Stampley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE0s8_y2KVw&feature=related

Click here to worship along on the song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZMXGY18A18&feature=related

"One Day"
by Michael Bleeker & J. Wilbur Chapman
This is a new arrangement of an old hymn by Michael Bleaker worship pastor at the Village church in Flower Mound. The words were penned by J. Wilbur Chapman.
Click here to play the song - scroll down to new worship songs
www.firsthurst.com/ministries/worship--creative-arts/worship-resources/

Michael on worship:"At the Village church , we believe that worship is our response - both personal and corporate - to God for Who He is and what He has done, expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live."
One day when Heaven was filled with His praises,One day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin,Dwelt among men, my Example is He!
Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me; Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever;One day He’s coming—O glorious day!

One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain,One day they nailed Him to die on the tree;
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected:Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He!
One day they left Him alone in the garden,One day He rested, from suffering free;

Angels came down o’er His tomb to keep vigil;Hope of the hopeless, my Savior is He!
One day the grave could conceal Him no longer,One day the stone rolled away from the door;
Then He arose, over death He had conquered;Now is ascended, my Lord evermore!
One day the trumpet will sound for His coming,One day the skies with His glories will shine;
Wonderful day, my belovèd ones bringing;Glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine!

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